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The pair sitting on a green cotton print, punched brogue toes and plastic button straps visible from above. Deadstock from the 1980s, still holding their factory shape.

Close-up of both shoes from the front, the plastic button strap and punched brogue pattern lined up side by side. Never worn enough to soften a single crease.

Never Walked · 1980s Deadstock Vinyl Baby Mary Janes

The koala toy sitting upright on a green cotton print, a yellow silk ribbon tied at its neck. Sixteen centimetres high, built at true baby-koala scale.

Close-up of the leather nose, one wooden lacquered eye, and the yellow ribbon bow against real fur. Genuine pelt, not the mohair pile a toy this age usually wears.

Bush Companion · 1960s Vintage Genuine Fur Koala Toy

The platypus toy lying full-length on a pink and blue floral patchwork quilt, showing its complete nose-to-tail shape. Faded by decades, not by neglect.

Close-up of the vinyl bill and one plastic eye, the fur meeting the smooth bill without a seam. The contradiction the whole toy is built from.

Quiet Billabong · 1960s Vintage Genuine Fur Platypus Toy

The Valisere bustier on a mannequin torso, black floral lace over sheer mesh with the boning already doing its quiet work underneath.

Back view of the bustier on the mannequin, the long row of hooks and eyes running the full seam.

Second Skin · Valisère by Triumph International 1990s Black Lace Bustier

The Playtex longline bra on a beige mannequin torso against a white curtain, cotton and lace doing quiet architectural work under where a blouse would sit.

Close view of the lace cup and centre gore, the floral pattern cut to sit exactly over the cotton lining beneath.

Held Line · Playtex 1960s White Lace Longline Bra

The Armando Caruso scarf laid flat and pinned, showing the full illustrated print of 1920s women, hummingbirds and flowering branches, signed in the corner.

Drawing Room · Armando Caruso 1970s Illustrated Cotton Scarf

A closer view of the clip worn at the shoulder, dotted tulle and feathers lifted against the stripes beneath.

The clip worn at the shoulder of a pink and red striped top, feathers standing up against the fabric.

Velum Dott · 2000s Handmade Feather and Pearl Flower Clip

The corsage pinned to the strap of a pink slip, deckle petals catching the light against the fabric.

The full corsage laid flat, layered pink silk petals gathered into a single dense bloom.

Roseus · 2000s Deckle-Edge Silk Flower Corsage